C2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1982 CHICAGO, 11. With the Modem planters are designed to planting season at hand, now is the place the seed into the ground time for getting that planting accurately with speed and sim maclune ready for the task ahead, plicity, according to International International Harvester’s 800 Series Early Riser Corn- Soybean Special is the first integral dual-purpose air planter. In photos, planter is set for thirteen 15-in. soybean rows (top) and eight 30 inch corn rows (bottom). For corn planting, five units are locked in non-working position. I s i ■ HANDY CLASSIFIED AD ORDER BLANK IMPORTANT: Be sure to include name, address, and Please publish my starting with the I enclose MAIL TO: LANCASTER FARMING P.O. Box 366, Lititz, PA 17543 NOTE: Please do not use this form for Mail Box Market Ads, see instructions on last page of classified ads. 13 -$2.08 17 -$2.72 21 -$3.36 25 -$4.00 29 -$4.64 33 -$5.28 37 -$5.92 Get that planter ready word count PLEASE WRITE CLEARLY (Number of Words) issue. Classify under 14 -$2.24 18 -$2.88 22 -$3.52 26 -$4.16 30 -$4.80 34 -$5.44 38 -$6.08 Harvester planting specialists. The operator needs a basic un derstanding of how his planter functions so he can then properly care for a few critical areas of the machine, they add. When preparing to plant any crop, there are three key areas to consider: tires, seed openers, and seed selection mechanisms. Plant population will vary depending upon tire size, tire pressure and soil conditions that affect tire rotation. Tire sizes and sprocket settings must be coor dinated when calculating desired plant populations. A simple solution to matching planter tires to the population chart requires a piece of rope about three feet long. With the planter loaded with seed and fertilizer and ready to go to the field, wrap the piece of rope laterally around a planter tire through the wheel rim opening so it makes a ground mark with each forward revolution. If the chart guide is based on a tire size that travels 86 inches with each revolution, and the distance between the rope marks is 90 in ches, for example, a field will be .word ad (Number of Times) DEADLINE: 9 A.M. THURSDAY OF EACH WEEK'S PUBLICATION RATES: 16'Per Word, *2.00 Minimum Charge For ads running 3 or more consecutive times with no change deduct 20 percent discount. (See rate chart at beginning of classified section for an example of dis count.) 15 -$2.40 19 -$3.04 23 -$3.68 27 -$4.32 31 -$4.96 35 -$5.60 39 -$6.24 for job ahead underpopulated with seed. To determine what the population is going to be, simply divide the desired 86 inches of travel, by the 90 inches of travel the tire is making and multiply this by the desired population— in this example 26,000. The equation leads 86 tunes 26,000 divided by 90 equals 24,844 actual plants per acre. The key factor is 86 over 90 or .955 percent of your desired population. This is ap proximately 5 percent less than desired or some 1,200 plants. Refer to the plant population chart and find a sprocket setting that is close to 5% higher than the desired population (27,000 to 27,500). Use this new setting. You will know you are to plant at 5 percent less than this figure, or close to the 26,000 plants per acre you desire. If you find that the population rate is still off, then there is a more complicated problem elsewhere in the system. But first, make the tire revolution measurement with the planter fully loaded as this will more than likely establish the correct setting. One such calibration of the planter drive .times 12-12.00 16 -$2.56 20 -$3.20 24 -$3.84 28-$4.48 32 -$5.12 36 -$5.76 40 -$6.40 wheels to the chart should suffice for the planting of the entire crop. The seed opener’s whether thft are runners or the double dislc type, should be checked carefully for wear, obstructions, and proper function. This is a very critical area which determines the proper placement of the seed in this row, and any stoppage or malfunction has a direct effect upon the desired plant population. So, be sure to make the repairs indicated. The third critical area on all planters is the seed mechanism. It should be checked for worn and broken parts. All parts should function properly. Plate-type: Worn or sticky cut off pawls and knockout rollers should be replaced or corrected for free movement. Seed plates should be checked for wear or damage. Plateless-type: Check for worn or broken parts such as fingers and springs. Proper operation of such parts is essential. Remove and clean all built-up foreign material from these mechanisms. Foiled the recommendations of the operator’s manual for the frequency of inspection. Air-type: Check the seed tubes for foreign material or potential stoppages. These may be cleaned by simply pulling a piece of cloth through the tube m a manner similar to cleaning a gun barrel. Check for damaged or poor fitting seals that would cause air pressure leakage. Inspect the seed cut-off brush assembly for wear and replace if necessary. The increased productivity of big modem machines is what today’s fanner demands so that he can make his own available hours more productive. This short span of time available for planting probably yields the biggest dividend of any operation in the crop year, IH specialist explain. That’s why it’s so im portant to have that planter m top condition before it goes to the field, they conclude. 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